Stone Rook

Nearest town:
Guisborough (15km NE)
OS reference:
NZ523017
OS sheet:
93
Latitude:
54° 24' 28.14 N
Longitude:
1° 11' 38.93 W
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Images

Image of Stone Rook (Cairn(s)) by fitzcoraldo

Looking North East from the barrow to Cringle Moor. The large cairn of Drake Howe can just be seen at the highest point of the moor. Roseberry Topping can also be seen just beyond the northern edge of the moor.

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fitzcoraldo Mar 19, 2007
Image of Stone Rook (Cairn(s)) by fitzcoraldo

The Modern cairn on the top of the Stone Rook barrow. The snow-capped Pennines are just visible in the distance

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fitzcoraldo Mar 19, 2007

Articles

Stone Rook

fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo Jan 7, 2003

I parked up at the Lord Stones cafe and followed the bridal way up onto Bilsdale West Moor.
Today I thought I’d go and hunt out the Three Thumb Stone and the Raven Stone. When I got onto the moor it became obvious that today was not the best day to search for stones basically it was a beautiful day with clear skies and very little wind. The problem was a foot of snow covering everything, the moors are especially beautiful following snow, the subtlties of the landscape are revealed but many other features become hidden, such as the stones I was seeking.
Stone Rook is a loose collection of large boulders set around a mound and topped by a cairn, a Tor in minature. I will need to return after the snow has melted to collect further details.
I then crossed the shallow valley and headed north west towards the OS marker, on looking back I noticed a fairly well defined rectangular ditched enclosure on the hillside just below Stone Rook, adjacent to this was another area that appeared to be a field system.
The enclosure looks very similar to the Ayton Moor enclosure.

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